i don like them links. like - tell me what’s in the link, don’t just “rule” and put a link.

i believe that this is not a very lemmy thing to do. especially on mobile, where it leaves the app and opens some shiddy proprietary other social media platform in your browser.

EDIT: completely forgot to add picture. now it’s here!

  • @[email protected]
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    57 days ago

    its not that they dont like links, its that they dont like having links with no description that you have to click on and open to understand, and most of those are links to proprietary websites like youtube and othed large social media.

    • Smorty [she/her]OP
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      57 days ago

      yes this exactly what i mean. these empty posts where it’s just a link, maybe even with the title header unchanged from the actual article title, which is usually super click-baity…

      also...

      pls use she/her for me
      thaanksies <3

      • Hazel『They/Them』
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        27 days ago

        also… pls use she/her for me
        thaanksies <3

        Some apps like boost don’t show what the web version shows.

        I didn’t even realize this was a issue until you corrected the commenter.

        • Smorty [she/her]OP
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          17 days ago

          what exactly are u refering to? u mean my username or the dropdown thingy?

          i never used boost cuz proprietary software, but i kinda wanna know how these clients handle the posts stuffs.

          • Hazel『They/Them』
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            17 days ago

            Both, display names don’t show on the android clients I’ve tried so far.

            The drop-down menu shows on Voyager but not others I’ve tried.

            • Smorty [she/her]OP
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              17 days ago

              what do you mean by display names? i’m only aware of the one display name which i see on the web-client and on Jerboa, my lemmi app.

              does boost only show the initial, unedited username you have set? that seems kinda not so cool… imma be honest… ;(

              when i change ma name, i want peeps to see it! and not see some old deadname! yesyes, if how i describe it is the case, thats very not cool… ~

              • Hazel『They/Them』
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                17 days ago

                Well yeah that’s the display name.

                And not just boost but others as well some bigger ones like Voyager don’t show display names as well.

    • @RampantParanoia2365
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      -17 days ago

      Yes. This is an aggregate site. The entire point of it is to link to other sources. That is why it exists.

      • @[email protected]
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        37 days ago

        yeah its supposed to be a place to share links. the problem is when the post is just a link with no explanation of what the link is.